SanDisk, one of the world's leading SD card manufacturers and our top choice when it comes to storage solutions for Nintendo Switch, has today announced a new line of official Pokémon microSD cards.
Expanding upon its officially licensed Nintendo range, Sandisk's new lineup includes three new designs in total – a 256GB Pikachu card, a 512GB Gengar card, and a huge 1TB Snorlax card that'll eradicate your Switch's storage woes for good.
These cards are compatible with all models of Nintendo Switch – and indeed any other devices you may own which use microSD cards for storage. If you'd like to get your hands on one for yourself or as a gift for a fellow Switch owner, you can do so below:
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As mentioned above, these are just the latest in a line of officially licensed cards from SanDisk and Nintendo. There have been some really nice designs over the years:
Let us know if you're thinking of snapping one of these up by storing your thoughts in our comment section below.
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They all look pretty good! My only peeve with this is that you rarely see the SD cards, as they should be constantly inserted in the Switch.
I could use an upgrade, however, so maybe I'll get myself the Gengar one. The Snorlax one would be great, but it's weird how the costs rise with the size.
Insane prices for micro sds, my Walmart put the 512 gb Nintendo ones on sale for $30 and I got one for my steam deck oled and another for my switch oled
They're expensive, but I think it's kind of worth it to get these kinds of specially-branded Nintendo Switch SD cards rather than any generic cards you'll find on Amazon, simply because you aren't going to be getting a fake SD card if you get these. You can't really guarantee avoiding fakes a lot of the time, and it's not always easy to identify fakes until they start corrupting data.
I think the peace of mind kinda makes the price worth it.
The 1TB should have been a Guzzlord, but it committed the sin of not being conceived in Gen I...
@SillyG They gotta save someone for the 1.5 TB card...
It looks cute, but the price is not cute...
Heh, love how the 1TB card is a Snorlax! I like these themed micro SD cards, but I can never justify the markup over the regular ones.
@SillyG They're saving Guzzlord for the eventual 2TB release.
I never understood the appeal of these cutesy designs for microSD cards. You're sticking them in your system and not actually seeing it, so why pay a premium for that?
Eternamax Eternatus for 4TB
@IceClimbersMain I know right? I can buy a 512 GB micro SD card for less than $30 on Aliexpress.
@EarthboundBenjy You can get a 1 TB micro SD card from a reputable brand Samsung for $80 on Amazon instead of $129 without the silly overpriced picture on it.
I want the Gengar and Snorlax cards.
Very fitting choices for each by the way.
They look nice and all, but who's gonna see them? You can't show them off or anything.
Other than being cool if relatively pricey, I've just thought of a practical use for these licensed SD cards: those who use more than one for their Switch etc. (not me even though I need to at least get a bigger one at some point as my 1TB one is almost full) don't risk to confuse them with unrelated ones when they swap them!
I picked up a 1GB card during a sales event last Black Friday. If you actually want one of these cards, just wait for a sale.
As someone who was sad to see the colored Pokémon cartridges end with Diamond/Pearl, it's kinda neat seeing these themed SD cards. I might pick up Snorlax when there's a good sale.
These are pretty awesome, even if they’re a bit pricier than standard Sandisk models. And while you can get other brands cheaper, personally I wouldn’t choose anything but Sandisk or Samsung micro sd cards. Way too many horror stories of corrupted data on off brands. Plus Nintendo officially licensed to Sandisk for a reason, they thoroughly tested so you don’t have to be the Guinea Pig!
Also this is really late in lifetime for officially licensed micro sd cards….. which leads me to believe the Switch successor will likely also use micro sd cards. Which makes sense, Ally/Legion/SD also use micro sd cards. Let hope for dual micro sd card slots so we can more easily expand our storage without having to spend hefty chunks of change on the biggest sizes. My 1TB has been full for years now…..
They're cute, but seems kind of silly to spend extra money on something you can't even see most of the time.
The Pikachu one, his expression says it all, even with 256GB, it's not enough for all the good/decent catalog that the Switch has, XD
Wondering if Pikachu being 256GB is a reference to its 'dex number. If you remove the last digit, of course.
Branded SD cards are just pointless. You can get a 1TB SD card on Amazon $55 cheaper. Just for a Snorlax picture you're never going to look at.
129 is a bit steep for a 1TB considering the fact I was able to get one for both Switch and Steam Deck OLED for half that. They were on Sale though.
That Snorlax card is so absolutely going to go with my switch 2.
Well if it ever gets there that is.
I can scarcely think of anything that benefits from theming less than an SD card.
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